Drones have a high potential business impact for clients in industrial environments such as oil and gas or energy and utilities. IFS Labs has been developing a unique proof of concept that showcases how drones, visual processing algorithms and the IFS IoT Business Connector can be leveraged together.

Wearable technology is opening up new vistas of opportunity in the world of business. Imagine field service technicians using smart glasses to complete onsite assignments or casual users signing off on purchase orders using their smart watches.

How could we really make the life of the user easier? What’s next in user interaction? Well, what if IFS could talk to you? What if IFS could assist you in taking the correct actions and make decisions to do your work better? That would really be helpful. Read more on our bot and voice control research.

Beacon technology: plenty of real life examples can be found. However, until now, the vast majority of examples is very much “consumer” experience oriented. We don’t see it too much in industrial applications yet. IFS Labs is working on a prototype for industrial usage!

Blockchain, known as the technology behind Bitcoin, is one of the most talked-about and intriguing technologies at the moment. Blockchain, similar to the rising of the internet, has the potential to disrupt business. IFS Labs is researching the potential use-cases for business and their impact on business applications.

IFS Labs research has taken us into some exciting new fields. The outcome is a range of innovative solutions that define the cutting edge of IFS’s software: IFS Cloud, IFS Touch Apps, IFS Talk, IFS Streams, to name a few. Learn more about our successes here!